Eb̧äik

Natively known as: eb̧äik /ˈɘʘɑ̽ɨ̯ǂ/ This language is primarily spoken in the desert west of the Irato Taleon. This region of the Ratomae continent is mostly desert with occasional oasis. Most of the communities in this region are isolated from the rest of the world, do not belong to any one nation, and hold deep relational beliefs.
There is some technology used by Eb̧äik people, but most of that technology is based on communication, food storage, and transport. The clans here are mostly migratory, never staying in one place for more than a few seasons. This is to keep up with the migrations of the reptilian-like creatures they hunt, and also to locate water sources.
Most clans tend toward a matriarchal structure and utilize horizontal democratic governing, where the group comes to a consensus that benefits the majority. Those that disagree are given space to air grievances. The grievances are then solved to the best of the ability of the group, or if no consensus can be reached for how to deal with the grievance, the person who submitted the grievance must either adapt or be encouraged to leave the clan. If a person commits murder, abuse, or assault, they will be placed into a rehabilitation, and if this fails to reform them, they are exiled from the clan.
Rehabilitation is a form of restorative justice, where the person who harmed must go through a reconciliation process to admit to the harm, perform actions for the community to serve out the sentence of their rehabilitation, and go through retraining with elders. If the person commits a similar crime after this process, that is when the formal exile process is initiated.
Justice, relationships, consensus, consent, and bodily autonomy are very important to the Eb̧äik People. They view the planet as a living being, and the various non-human creatures, fungi and plants as living beings with spirits. The land itself is viewed as a living being with spirits, and thus a person needs to be in right relationship with all these relations. If one is not in right relationship, one must work through restorative justice to restore oneself to right relationship. This helps the clans survive the harsh landscape and keep their people thriving.
Eb̧äik People do engage in trade, mostly for technology, with other nations outside of their isolated communities. They offer minerals, art, and their unique weaves in exchange for technology.

Writing System

Spelling rules:

Pronunciation	Spelling
a̽	a
ɒ̽	ä
ɘ	e
ɜ	ö
ɞ	o
ɵ	u
ʉ	ü
ɨ	i
j	y
ʝ	j
f	f
x	kh
ʃ	sh
θ	th
ð	d
ħ	h
ɕ	ch
ɣ	g
ɸ	p
ɹ	l
ʂ	ṣ
β	w
ʐ	ẓ
ʒ	zh
ʋ	v̀
ʑ	z̀
v	v
ç	sh̀
ʕ	h̀
ɰ	g̀
ʁ	r̀
ɻ	r
s	s
z	z
̯
ǃ	ţ
ʘ	b̧
ǂ	k
ǀ	ḑ

Geographical Distribution

This language is only spoken in the deserts of Ratomae west of the Irato Taleon.

Phonology

Spelling & Phonology

Consonant inventory: f h j s v x z ç ð ħ ǀ ǂ ǃ ɕ ɣ ɰ ɸ ɹ ɻ ʁ ʂ ʃ ʋ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʕ ʘ ʝ β θ

↓Manner/Place→	Bilabial	Labiodental	Dental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Retroflex	Alveolo-palatal	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Fricative	ɸ β	f v	θ ð	s z	ʃ ʒ	ʂ ʐ	ɕ ʑ	ç ʝ	x ɣ	ʁ	ħ ʕ	h
Approximant		ʋ		ɹ		ɻ		j	ɰ
Click	ʘ		ǀ	ǃ				ǂ

Vowel inventory: a̽ ɑ̽ɨ̯ ɒ̽ ɘ ɜ ɞ ɞʉ̯ ɨ ɵ ʉ
Diphthongs: ɑ̽ɨ̯ ɞʉ̯

	Front	Central	Back
High		ɨ ʉ
High-mid		ɘ ɵ
Low-mid		ɜ ɞ
Low	a̽		ɒ̽

Syllable structure: Custom defined
Stress pattern: Penultimate — stress is on the second last syllable
Word initial consonants: f j s v z ç ð ħ ǀ ǂ ǃ ɣ ɰ ɸ ɹ ɻ ʂ ʋ ʐ ʑ ʕ ʘ β
Mid-word consonants: f fj fħ fɹ fʁ fʂ fʃ j jj jz jʂ s sh sj sv sx sç sɹ v vj vs vð vɹ vʁ x xf xj xs xv xz z zɹ ç ð ħ ǀ ǂ ǃ ɕ ɣ ɣj ɰ ɸ ɹ ɹf ɹs ɹv ɹʒ ɻ ʁ ʁv ʁz ʁç ʁʃ ʁʒ ʂ ʃ ʃs ʋ ʋj ʋs ʐ ʑ ʒ ʕ ʘ ʝ β θ θç θɹ
Word final consonants: f s v x z ç ħ ǀ ǂ ǃ ɕ ɣ ɰ ɸ ɹ ɻ ʁ ʂ ʋ ʐ ʑ ʒ ʕ ʘ ʝ β θ

Morphology

Derivational morphology

Adjective → adverb = Prefix ʑɵ-
Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix v- Else: Prefix vɵ-
Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix s- Else: Prefix sɘ-
Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix ɻʉ-
Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fɞ-
Noun to verb = If starts with vowel: Prefix β- Else: Prefix βɨ-
Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix ʑʉ-
Tending to = If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fɘ-
Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = If starts with vowel: Prefix f- Else: Prefix fa̽-
Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ʐ- Else: Prefix ʐɨ-
One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = If starts with vowel: Prefix ɻ- Else: Prefix ɻa̽-
Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = If starts with vowel: Prefix z- Else: Prefix zɑ̽ɨ̯-
Diminutive = Prefix ɘ-
Augmentative = Suffix -vʋɻɹjɰ

Syntax

Noun Classes

Definite and indefinite nouns are often tied to the noun number and class.

Nominative

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	No affix vuwu /ˈvɵβɵ/ the cat (when doing the verb)	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɻ Else: Suffix -ɵɻ vuwur /ˈvɵβɵɻ/ a cat (when doing the verb)
Plural	Suffix -ɘɹ vuwuel /vɵˈβɵɘɹ/ the cats (when doing the verb)	Suffix -ɒ̽ɰ vuwuäg̀ /vɵˈβɵɒ̽ɰ/ some cats (when doing the verb)
Trial	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ Else: Suffix -ɞɹ vuwul /ˈvɵβɵɹ/	Suffix -ɵ vuwuu /vɵˈβɵɵ/

Accusative

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -a̽z vuwuz /ˈvɵβɵz/ (verb done to) the cat	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -ʉf vuwuf /ˈvɵβɵf/ (verb done to) a cat
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ħ Else: Suffix -ɘħ vuwuh /ˈvɵβɵħ/ (verb done to) the cats	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -ɨʐ vuwuẓ /ˈvɵβɵʐ/ (verb done to) some cats
Trial	Suffix -ʉx vuwuükh /vɵˈβɵʉx/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ħ Else: Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯ħ vuwuh /ˈvɵβɵħ/

Genitive

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	Suffix -ɞ vuwuo /vɵˈβɵɞ/ the catʼs	Suffix -ɜz vuwuöz /vɵˈβɵɜz/ a catʼs
Plural	Suffix -ɘǀ vuwueḑ /vɵˈβɵɘǀ/ the catsʼ	Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯x vuwuɑ̽ikh /vɵˈβɵɑ̽ɨ̯x/ some catsʼ
Trial	Suffix -ɵɹ vuwuul /vɵˈβɵɵɹ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯ʐ vuwuẓ /ˈvɵβɵʐ/

Dative

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	Suffix -ʉ vuwuü /vɵˈβɵʉ/ to the cat	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ Else: Suffix -ɘɹ vuwul /ˈvɵβɵɹ/ to a cat
Plural	Suffix -ʉɣ vuwuüg /vɵˈβɵʉɣ/ to the cats	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -ɨx vuwukh /ˈvɵβɵx/ to some cats
Trial	Suffix -ɞx vuwuokh /vɵˈβɵɞx/	Suffix -ɒ̽ɕ vuwuäch /vɵˈβɵɒ̽ɕ/

Locative

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	Suffix -ɘʒ vuwuezh /vɵˈβɵɘʒ/ near/at/by the cat	Suffix -ɒ̽ vuwuä /vɵˈβɵɒ̽/ near/at/by a cat
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -ɘʐ vuwuẓ /ˈvɵβɵʐ/ near/at/by the cats	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʝ Else: Suffix -ɵʝ vuwuj /ˈvɵβɵʝ/ near/at/by some cats
Trial	Suffix -a̽ vuwua /vɵˈβɵa̽/	Suffix -ɞs vuwuos /vɵˈβɵɞs/

Ablative

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	Suffix -ɘ vuwue /vɵˈβɵɘ/ from the cat	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʋ Else: Suffix -ɞʋ vuwuv̀ /ˈvɵβɵʋ/ from a cat
Plural	Suffix -ɘɣ vuwueg /vɵˈβɵɘɣ/ from the cats	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ǃ Else: Suffix -a̽ǃ vuwuţ /ˈvɵβɵǃ/ from some cats
Trial	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -ɘʁ vuwur̀ /ˈvɵβɵʁ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʑ Else: Suffix -ɞʑ vuwuz̀ /ˈvɵβɵʑ/

Instrumental

	Definite	Indefinite
Singular	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʁ Else: Suffix -ɞʁ vuwur̀ /ˈvɵβɵʁ/ with/using the cat	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -ɞʉ̯ʐ vuwuẓ /ˈvɵβɵʐ/ with/using a cat
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʕ Else: Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯ʕ vuwuh̀ /ˈvɵβɵʕ/ with/using the cats	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -ɞs vuwus /ˈvɵβɵs/ with/using some cats
Trial	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ç Else: Suffix -ɵç vuwush̀ /ˈvɵβɵç/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɣ Else: Suffix -ʉɣ vuwug /ˈvɵβɵɣ/

Tenses

Verbs

Verbs do not differentiate based on number. They do however differentiate based on if it is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd person. If the verb is related to a subject that is not a living creature then 3rd person is always used. If a living creature, then the person depends on pronouns.

Perfective

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -ɜs his /ħɨs/	Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯ǀ hiɑ̽iḑ /ˈħɨɑ̽ɨ̯ǀ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ǀ Else: Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯ǀ hiḑ /ħɨǀ/
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɻ Else: Suffix -ɒ̽ɻ hir /ħɨɻ/	Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯f hiɑ̽if /ˈħɨɑ̽ɨ̯f/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ǀ Else: Suffix -ɞǀ hiḑ /ħɨǀ/
Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɕ Else: Suffix -ɘɕ hich /ħɨɕ/	Suffix -a̽ hia /ˈħɨa̽/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -θ Else: Suffix -ɘθ hith /ħɨθ/
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʝ Else: Suffix -a̽ʝ hij /ħɨʝ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʕ Else: Suffix -ɒ̽ʕ hih̀ /ħɨʕ/	Suffix -ɘx hiekh /ˈħɨɘx/
Remote future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ç Else: Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯ç hish̀ /ħɨç/	Suffix -ɒ̽ɻ hiär /ˈħɨɒ̽ɻ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -ɞʉ̯z hiz /ħɨz/

Habitual

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɰ Else: Suffix -ɵɰ hig̀ /ħɨɰ/	Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯z hiɑ̽iz /ˈħɨɑ̽ɨ̯z/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -a̽ʐ hiẓ /ħɨʐ/
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʋ Else: Suffix -ɞʋ hiv̀ /ħɨʋ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -ɒ̽x hikh /ħɨx/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -ɒ̽f hif /ħɨf/
Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʒ Else: Suffix -ɨʒ hizh /ħɨʒ/	Suffix -ɨǀ hiiḑ /ˈħɨɨǀ/	Suffix -ɒ̽ hiä /ˈħɨɒ̽/
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɹ Else: Suffix -ɜɹ hil /ħɨɹ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʐ Else: Suffix -ɜʐ hiẓ /ħɨʐ/	Suffix -ɞǂ hiok /ˈħɨɞǂ/
Remote future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʝ Else: Suffix -ɵʝ hij /ħɨʝ/	Suffix -ɵʂ hiuṣ /ˈħɨɵʂ/	Suffix -ɒ̽ǂ hiäk /ˈħɨɒ̽ǂ/

Continuous

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -ɞx hikh /ħɨx/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -a̽v hiv /ħɨv/	Suffix -ɨ hii /ˈħɨɨ/
Past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʕ Else: Suffix -ɵʕ hih̀ /ħɨʕ/	Suffix -ɘç hiesh̀ /ˈħɨɘç/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʑ Else: Suffix -ɒ̽ʑ hiz̀ /ħɨʑ/
Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ɰ Else: Suffix -ɜɰ hig̀ /ħɨɰ/	Suffix -ɜʝ hiöj /ˈħɨɜʝ/	Suffix -ɘ hie /ˈħɨɘ/
Future	Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯ hiɑ̽i /ˈħɨɑ̽ɨ̯/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ǂ Else: Suffix -ɨǂ hik /ħɨǂ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -z Else: Suffix -ɵz hiz /ħɨz/
Remote future	Suffix -ɒ̽ħ hiäh /ˈħɨɒ̽ħ/	Suffix -ɞʉ̯ hioü /ˈħɨɞʉ̯/	Suffix -ɘɻ hier /ˈħɨɘɻ/

Perfect

	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Remote past	If ends with vowel: Suffix -f Else: Suffix -ɘf hif /ħɨf/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ħ Else: Suffix -ɒ̽ħ hih /ħɨħ/	Suffix -a̽ʂ hiaṣ /ˈħɨa̽ʂ/
Past	Suffix -ɵ hiu /ˈħɨɵ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -ɘx hikh /ħɨx/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -v Else: Suffix -ɑ̽ɨ̯v hiv /ħɨv/
Present	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʒ Else: Suffix -a̽ʒ hizh /ħɨʒ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -x Else: Suffix -ɵx hikh /ħɨx/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʂ Else: Suffix -ɘʂ hiṣ /ħɨʂ/
Future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -β Else: Suffix -ɒ̽β hiw /ħɨβ/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ʘ Else: Suffix -ɞʉ̯ʘ hib̧ /ħɨʘ/	Suffix -a̽ǃ hiaţ /ˈħɨa̽ǃ/
Remote future	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ç Else: Suffix -ɘç hish̀ /ħɨç/	If ends with vowel: Suffix -ç Else: Suffix -ɒ̽ç hish̀ /ħɨç/	Suffix -ɜɹ hiöl /ˈħɨɜɹ/

Adjective Order

Adjectives

Adjectives are placed after the noun they describe. They are subject to the affix rules for number, and the adjective number will always match the number of the noun for which they describe.

Singular	No affix gäro /ˈɣɒ̽ɻɞ/
Plural	If ends with vowel: Suffix -s Else: Suffix -ɞʉ̯s gäros /ˈɣɒ̽ɻɞs/
Trial	Suffix -ɜɻ gäroör /ɣɒ̽ˈɻɞɜɻ/

Pronouns

	Singular	Plural	Trial
1st person	dur /ðɵɻ/ I, me, mine	rü /ɻʉ/ we, us, ours	ɑ̽iw /ɑ̽ɨ̯β/
2nd person	güb̧ /ɣʉʘ/ you, yours	h̀a /ʕa̽/ you all, yours (pl)	roü /ɻɞʉ̯/
3rd person	ḑüv̀ /ǀʉʋ/ he, she, him, her, his, hers, it, its	ke /ǂɘ/ they, them, theirs	hu /ħɵ/

Structural Markers

Particles

These are used to denote the section of the sentence and to give further information concerning the verb, subject, and object.

Indicative

	Perfective	Habitual	Continuous	Perfect
Remote past	ye /jɘ/	ţü /ǃʉ/	dɑ̽ih /ðɑ̽ɨ̯ħ/	b̧esh̀ /ʘɘç/
Past	yä /jɒ̽/	vu /vɵ/	g̀ö /ɰɜ/	su /sɵ/
Present	go /ɣɞ/	ɑ̽i /ɑ̽ɨ̯/	ḑu /ǀɵ/	wäf /βɒ̽f/
Future	zu /zɵ/	gib̧ /ɣɨʘ/	azh /a̽ʒ/	gɑ̽i /ɣɑ̽ɨ̯/
Remote future	e /ɘ/	fukh /fɵx/	ra /ɻa̽/	b̧a /ʘa̽/

Conditional

	Perfective	Habitual	Continuous	Perfect
Remote past	sü /sʉ/	hö /ħɜ/	löh /ɹɜħ/	g̀ü /ɰʉ/
Past	es /ɘs/	pö /ɸɜ/	gäh̀ /ɣɒ̽ʕ/	u /ɵ/
Present	b̧u /ʘɵ/	sh̀i /çɨ/	ẓüḑ /ʐʉǀ/	v̀iz̀ /ʋɨʑ/
Future	fu /fɵ/	g̀eh̀ /ɰɘʕ/	ẓu /ʐɵ/	i /ɨ/
Remote future	zoükh /zɞʉ̯x/	ṣash̀ /ʂa̽ç/	woü /βɞʉ̯/	läs /ɹɒ̽s/

Subjunctive

	Perfective	Habitual	Continuous	Perfect
Remote past	hep /ħɘɸ/	lith /ɹɨθ/	luv̀ /ɹɵʋ/	esh̀ /ɘç/
Past	fɑ̽ij /fɑ̽ɨ̯ʝ/	ṣükh /ʂʉx/	weẓ /βɘʐ/	z̀op /ʑɞɸ/
Present	li /ɹɨ/	fek /fɘǂ/	oü /ɞʉ̯/	luh̀ /ɹɵʕ/
Future	sh̀ü /çʉ/	wɑ̽i /βɑ̽ɨ̯/	a /a̽/	zew /zɘβ/
Remote future	peh̀ /ɸɘʕ/	ich /ɨɕ/	ẓus /ʐɵs/	ül /ʉɹ/

Imperative

	Perfective	Habitual	Continuous	Perfect
Remote past	rä /ɻɒ̽/	fɑ̽i /fɑ̽ɨ̯/	z̀ez /ʑɘz/	fe /fɘ/
Past	gu /ɣɵ/	z̀oük /ʑɞʉ̯ǂ/	zul /zɵɹ/	ţo /ǃɞ/
Present	ţe /ǃɘ/	ṣag /ʂa̽ɣ/	äsh̀ /ɒ̽ç/	og /ɞɣ/
Future	ik /ɨǂ/	ɑ̽ikh /ɑ̽ɨ̯x/	säkh /sɒ̽x/	eth /ɘθ/
Remote future	äv /ɒ̽v/	ku /ǂɵ/	gü /ɣʉ/	dö /ðɜ/

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